Endless Paradigm

This story made me laugh...

Quote:MCFARLAND (WKOW) -- Abbie Schubert paid more than $1,100 for a Dell laptop hoping to enroll in online classes at MATC.

But something stopped her: Ubuntu.

That's an operating system for your computer similar to Windows that runs off the Linux system.

Schubert says she ordered her laptop online at Dell.com expecting to buy your classic bread-and-butter computer.

She didn't realize until the next morning her laptop defaulted to the Ubuntu operating system.

"It's been a mess," she said. "I regret ordering the computer."

Schubert says she never heard of Ubuntu before learning that's when she accidentally bought.  She called Dell the very next day and says the representative told her there was still time to change back to Windows.

But she says Dell discouraged her.

"The person I was talking to said Ubuntu was great, college students loved it, it was compatible with everything I needed," said Schubert.

So she stuck with it.

Later, she discovered Ubuntu might look like Windows, but it doesn't always act like it.

Her Verizon High-Speed Internet CD won't load, so she can't access the internet.  She also can't install Microsoft Word, which she says is a requirement for MATC's online classes.

As a result, with no internet and no Microsoft Word, Schubert dropped out of MATC's fall and spring semesters.

She also says Dell claimed it was now too late to get Windows and any changes she made herself would void her warranty.

"I'm extremely frustrated," said Schubert. "I wanted to get back to school, but I needed a computer to be able to do that."

27 News contacted Dell, but the company has not responded to us yet.

However, wee think wee've helped her get back to school.

Verizon says it will dispatch a technician to try to assist her accessing the internet without using the Windows-only installation disk.

MATC also says it promises to accept any of Schubert's papers or class documents using whatever software she has installed.

Im sure Microsoft had nothing to do with this. lol

all i can say is wow. How low Microsoft goes for more money.

Source: http://www.wkowtv.com/Global/story.asp?S...menu1362_2

Well this sucks.

However, there's always the tech-savvy people who can just setup a partition on the hdd, install [a minimalist] Windows with whatever necessary applications and keep Ubuntu at the same time.

anyone else feel she is an idiot and deserves no compassion

She's a freaking moron.
She can't bother to take maybe a day to figure out how to use OpenOffice.

OMFG, and the news channel is totally going to side with her. This is why I hate the computer illiterate.
Not because they don't know anything, but they won't bother to take the time out to learn it or rather they get mad and bitch on the phone at a customer service rep.

I hope having another voice my opinion means I am not wrong

wow another computer illiterate story, hahaha, i thought cavemans are the only ones that do not use pc

|-Anubis-| Wrote:She's a freaking moron.
She can't bother to take maybe a day to figure out how to use OpenOffice.

OMFG, and the news channel is totally going to side with her. This is why I hate the computer illiterate.
Not because they don't know anything, but they won't bother to take the time out to learn it or rather they get mad and bitch on the phone at a customer service rep.

i wouldnt say i hate computer Illiterate people ...

but yeah .. if only they took the time to learn it

She is an idiot. A simple search wouldve turned up wine, and she couldve probably got the drivers from somewhere.

but kinda boring story,.

i agree

what a moron

read what you buy before buying it, especially if it costs $1100.